reply to post by RuneSpider
Not all Super-Crocs had flippers, Actually flippers are more a perogative of the artist than the paleontologist Here is an artistic interpretaion of a
Super Croc Nothosaurus
By
eagle1229 at 2008-03-02
By
eagle1229 at 2008-03-02
Caption says stayed mainly in the water but those flippers look alot like legs to me
What I find TRUELY AMAZING is this serendipidous attribution to a paleontologist at Columbus State University I checked its not a April 1st article
news.nationalgeographic.com...
David Schwimmer, a paleontologist at Columbus State University in Georgia, said he was familiar with Sereno's discovery and was "thrilled with it"
because it helps fill in the picture of giant crocs, which appeared repeatedly in evolutionary history. Schwimmer is an expert on a giant croc genus
named Deinosuchus, which was prevalent in North America.
If one remembers TV show "Friends" there is a fantastic cooincidence
[edit on 2-3-2008 by Eagle1229]